I just purchased my first hammock, the grand trunk ultralight. Only cost me $20. I figure it can be multipurpose and act as a chair, blanket, and a hammock…

It came with some thick black rope, and some heavy iron S hooks. But its not enough rope to hang. Can I just run paracord through there? I'm going to REI tomorrow what type of rope should I get? Looking for cheap and light. I tried googling for 5 minutes but was overwhelmed.

I would recommend checking out hammockforums.net. It will have everything you need to know.

If you REALLY want to learn hammock backpacking, go on youtube and look up "shug hammock" and watch his videos for noobs. They are very informative.

To answer your question directly, dynaglide is very light and strong enough to hold a hammock. However you will need to use polyester webbing (1" minimum, 1.5" is better) to actually go around the trees themselves.

In that case go to REI and either buy some Atlas straps or have them cut you two 8 ft lengths of polyester webbing to use as your tree straps. Then get amsteel if they have it (doubtful) or any other 'static' (non stretch) climbing grade rope.

If you are rushed for time your options are limited, but it is illegal to use rope around trees in state parks as it is very damaging to the trees themselves.

I get that you dont have much time, ive been there too. But hammock camping is not as simple as attaching rope to hammock and trees. Your going to harm the trees and most likely yourself in the process. It also could ruin hammock camping for the rest of us if a warden or official sees the damage.

Get over to hammockforums.net and the suspension forum. Sit down a take a good read and you will find what your looking for. Id take a tent if you have something planned immediately.

The 3mm cord you are looking at *might* hold body weight but is not strong enough to rely on. Choose the 1" mil-spec webbing that REI sells by the foot (a lower density weave) — it's more than strong enough to hold your weight and a nice width to wrap around trees with minimal damage to bark.

Like other have said have them cut some 1 inch webbing for you to use to wrap around a tree. Then, you can buy some accessory cord. The 3mm (non-dyneema cord) is not strong enough. You'll want at least 5mm cord. You can also the Titan Dyneema 5.5 mm cord, which is definitely more than strong enough.